diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParser.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParser.java
index ed98036e..f4537e7c 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParser.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParser.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class ListenerContainerParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	private static final String PHASE_ATTRIBUTE = "phase";
 
+	private static final String AUTO_STARTUP_ATTRIBUTE = "auto-startup";
+
 	private static final String ADVICE_CHAIN_ATTRIBUTE = "advice-chain";
 
 
@@ -228,17 +230,17 @@ class ListenerContainerParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
 		String concurrency = containerEle.getAttribute(CONCURRENCY_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(concurrency)) {
-			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("concurrentConsumers", concurrency);
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("concurrentConsumers", new TypedStringValue(concurrency));
 		}
 
 		String prefetch = containerEle.getAttribute(PREFETCH_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(prefetch)) {
-			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("prefetchCount", new Integer(prefetch));
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("prefetchCount", new TypedStringValue(prefetch));
 		}
 
 		String transactionSize = containerEle.getAttribute(TRANSACTION_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(transactionSize)) {
-			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("txSize", transactionSize);
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("txSize", new TypedStringValue(transactionSize));
 		}
 
 		String phase = containerEle.getAttribute(PHASE_ATTRIBUTE);
@@ -246,6 +248,11 @@ class ListenerContainerParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("phase", phase);
 		}
 
+		String autoStartup = containerEle.getAttribute(AUTO_STARTUP_ATTRIBUTE);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(autoStartup)) {
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("autoStartup", new TypedStringValue(autoStartup));
+		}
+
 		String adviceChain = containerEle.getAttribute(ADVICE_CHAIN_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(adviceChain)) {
 			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("adviceChain", new RuntimeBeanReference(adviceChain));
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
index 62eb0678..45430839 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
@@ -490,6 +490,13 @@
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="auto-startup" type="xsd:string" default="true">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Flag to indicate that the container should start up automatically when the enclosing context is refreshed.  Default true.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="advice-chain" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerPlaceholderParserTests-context.xml b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerPlaceholderParserTests-context.xml
index 5968d7f4..f71f5e4b 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerPlaceholderParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerPlaceholderParserTests-context.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 			<props>
 				<prop key="five">5</prop>
 				<prop key="one">1</prop>
+				<prop key="false">false</prop>
 			</props>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 
 	<rabbit:queue id="bar" />
 
-	<rabbit:listener-container id="container1" connection-factory="connectionFactory" acknowledge="manual" concurrency="${five}" transaction-size="${one}">
+	<rabbit:listener-container id="container1" connection-factory="connectionFactory" acknowledge="manual" concurrency="${five}" transaction-size="${one}" auto-startup="${false}">
 		<rabbit:listener id="testListener" queue-names="foo, #{bar.name}" ref="testBean" method="handle"/>
 	</rabbit:listener-container>